Curtain hanger



June 10, 1941.

J. E. TURLEY CURTAIN HANGER Filed Feb. 8, 1940 INVENTGR. Jaws 2% zfowaraza'n BY @014 yflmaw A TTORNEYS.

Patented June 10, 1941 UNITE.

CURTAIN HANGER Joseph Edward Turlcy, Attleboro, Mass, assigncr to ErnestH. Augat, Attleboro, Mass.

Application February 8, 1949, Serial No. 317,854 I,

6 Claims. (01. 1536-21) This invention relates to a curtain hanger ofthe type which is secured to the upper edge of the curtain for slidingby supporting the same on a rod or the like and has for one of itsobjects to provide a curtain hanger which may be easily, quickly andsecurely attached to the curtain.

Another object of the invention is to fasten the hanger to the curtainwithout sewing and yet secure the same at its opposite ends.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger of a length whichmay support the upward extending portion of the curtain above the rodupon which it is hung so that the same will not droop.

Another object of the invention is to provide a curtain hanger which maybe locked upon the rod against accidental removal.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevation showing curtains as supported by means of severalof the curtain hangers, each of which is the subject of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on substantially line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing afragmental portion of the curtain, the rod, and the hanger;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hanger;

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of a modified form of the hanger.

Hangers for curtains are frequently sewed to the curtain providing anopen hook which may engage the curtain supporting a rod. Considerabletime is consumed in the sewing of such a hanger onto the curtain and theopen hook permits the curtain to be easily disengaged from the rod ifany upward force occurs in the curtain such, for instance, as sometimesoccurs when sliding the curtain from one position to another. Pinsuspensions do not provide a secure means for attachment and also areopen to the same objection of an open hook and for this reason are notsatisfactory. In order to overcome these difiiculties, I have provided asheet metal structure enabling any number of a plurality of points to beformed for providing the desired engagement with the curtain on one sideand the curtain rod on the other side. By the formation of such a deviceof sheet metal, I am enabled to make a large variey of different shapes,all involving the same general principle of providing hook attachmentsat its opposite ends by piercing the. curtain and with some meansbetween, the ends for engaging the curtain rod. In order that the devicemay lay flat with the curtain, the hooks are provided on one side andthe rod-engaging structure on the opposite side of the curtain hanger;and the following is a more detailed description of the presentembodiment of this invention, illustrating the preferred means by whichthese advantageous results may be accomplished:

With reference to the drawing, the curtain material to be suspended isdesignated iii. The rod upon which this curtain material is suspended isdesignated H and the hanger for this purpose, designated generally l2.

This hanger consists of a piece of sheet stock providing a body or barHi from which there is formed of the same piece of stock a hook H3 atone end N5 of the bar and a hook ll at the other end iii of the bar.These hooks are suitably bent into a shape best designed for engagementwith the curtain material I0 and are sharpened to provide points I!) and20 at their extremities. The upper hook extends generally at rightangles to the bar as at 2! and then'curves backwardly upon itself in anarc of substantially a half circle, as perhaps best illustrated in Figs.2 and 3, while the lower hook I! is formed by doubling the stock back'onitself through an arc of substantially half a circle so that the point20 thereof extends generally upwardly par allel to the bar I4.

In use, the upper hook I5 is passed through the end about the portion 2!of the curtain to pierce the same at 22 and 23, thus firmly looking thisend of the bar to the curtain. This point of attachment will bea'suitable distance 'from the top 24 of the curtain as will otherhangers be placed on the curtain so that the curtain will hang evenly onthe rod. After this connection is made to the curtain, the curtain isthen raised to cause the point 25 in the curtain to be at the point 20of the hook and then this curtain is lowered onto the hook and slidaround the hook into substantially the position shown in Fig. 2. Whenthe bar is thus fastened in the curtain, it cannot be easily detachedand is ready for hanging. 1

In some instances instead of providing a single hook I5 I provide twohooks 15a and I5?) as shown in Fig. 4 and two hooks Ila and Ilb at thelower end of the bar as also shown in Fig. 4. Or in some cases, it ofcourse will be apparent that I may provide two hooks at one end and onehook at the other (see, for instance, Fig. 5).

In order to attach the bar to the rod I l I have cut from the stock ofthe bar a member 28 leaving an opening 21 (in Fig. 3) and leaving themember attached to the bar as at 28. This member is then bent into areverse position with reference to the bar and is in the shape of adownwardly extending hook providing between it and the bar a loopdesignated generally 39, while the end portion 29 of this member issomewhat resilient by reason of the bend of the stock of the member fromthe bar. The rod ll may be placed into this loop by insertion betweenthe end portion 29 and the bar so as to rest against the under side ofthe curvature 3| as shown in Fig. 2 for the supporting of the curtain.

In order to prevent the escape of the rod II from this loop 3|] I havecut from the stock of the bar a tongue member 32 which is bent upwardlyto meet the member 26 and close the space between the end of the member26 and the bar as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. This tongue member 32 willbe resilient and permit of the rodbeing easily snapped into the loop Edby pressure along the converging portions 33.

In some instances instead of providing two members coming together toform a closed loop 30, one member, such as designated 2t (see Fig. 5)may be bent so as to cause its end portion 29' to substantially contactthe bar i2 and close the entrance to the loop 3d, while permitting ofsunicient resiliency so as to flex for the admission of thecurtain-supporting rod thereinto.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the constructionillustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deviceis susceptible.

I claim:

1. A curtain hanger comprising a sheet stock bar, hooks at the oppositeend portions of the bar extending from one side of said bar forfastening said bar on a curtain, and a hook intermediate the ends of thebar extending wholly from the opposite side of the bar for supportingsaid bar from a curtain-supporting rod.

2. A curtain hanger comprising a sheet stock bar, hooks at the oppositeend portions of said bar extending therefrom in a generally rightangularrelation to each other and formed from the same piece of sheet stock assaid bar, and a loop consisting of a pair of separable members formedfrom the same piece of stock as said bar located intermediate the endsof said bar for the reception of a curtain-supporting rod.

3. A curtain hanger comprising a rigid body formed of sheet stock,sharpened hooks of the same piece of stock as said body at opposite endsof the same for securing said bar on a curtain, and a pair of relativelyseparable members out from the mid portion of the body to leave openingstherein and bent outwardly from the body to meet and provide an openableloop to detachably receive a curtain-supporting rod.

4. A curtain hanger comprising a rigid body formed of sheet stock, twohooks projecting from the opposite end portions of said body forfastening said body on a curtain, the hook at one end of said bodyextending in a direction at generally right angles to the extendeddirection of the hook at the opposite end of the body, and meansintermediate the ends of said body for supporting the body from acurtain-supporting rod.

5. A curtain hanger comprising a rigid body formed of sheet stock, aplurality of sharpened hooks of the same piece of stock as said body atopposite ends of the same for fastening said body on a curtain, one ofsaid hooks being at the upper end of said body and projecting therefromin a curve extending upwardly, outwardly and thence backwardly with thepointed end portion of said hook terminating at generally right anglesto the body member, and a second hook projecting from the lower end ofsaid body in a curve extending downwardly, outwardly and thence upwardlywith the pointed end portion of said second hook terminating in adirection generally parallel to the plane of the body member, and a pairof relatively resilient separable members out out from the stock of saidbody intermediate its ends and disposed in an outwardly bent overlyingrelationship to provide an openable loop to detachably receive a rod forsupporting the body of the hanger.

6. A curtain hanger comprising a rigid bar formed of sheet stock, asharpened hook at the top end of said bar formed of the same piece ofstock as the bar for fastening said bar onto a curtain, said hookprojecting from one side of the bar at substantially right anglesthereto, thence upwardly and forwardly in a substantially continuouscurve with the pointed end portion of the hook terminating in a line atsubstantially right angles to the general plane of said bar, and a loopformed of the stock of said bar comprising a hook member bent outwardlyand downwardly from the opposite side of the bar than the side fromwhich the hook projects, the free end of said loop member being disposedin cooperating relationship with respect to a portion of said bar toprovide an operable loop for detachably receiving a curtain-supportingrod.

JOSEPH E. TURLEY.

